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Living & Working in the Pollensa Area This forum is for any comments, questions and advice about living (permanently or temporarily) and working in the Pollensa area. Aimed at ex-pats, property owners etc.

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Old 19-08-2012, 09:05
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I would think your solicitor would be able to find this out .
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It might be useful to know that the new tourism law has been released in English. It is long as it covers all sorts of things, but it does cover what is and isn't holiday accommodation. Happy reading.

Go to this link and there is a further link to the ENG (English) PDF:

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Andrew that's great. Thanks so much
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That really is a great find! I've scan read through it, or at least some of the more salient points with regard to buying rental property. Not sure I fully understand the implications as yet, will try and get my head around it by reading more thoroughly. Have some initial thoughts, but don't want to mis-inform anyone so won't post yet.
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thanks everyone for taking the time to post, I will print the document for bed time reading and hopefully this will answer some of the confusion and questions I also have
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Hi All,

I know this question has been raised before but wondered if anyone has any up to date information?
I would like to rent out my villa but it does not have a rental licence and I can't find any information about how to obtain one.
Also if I rent without a licence and then pay the tax in Mallorca the authorities will know I don't have a licence.
Can I pay the tax in the UK?

I know many villas are rented without licences but don't want to be landed with a huge fine. The reason I need to rent is to cover the running costs. Any advice would be much appreciated.

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The advice I've received is that there is no way that you will get a licence unless your villa is detatched and free-standing. This apparently is the pertinent part of the new law :
'2. Under no circumstances shall homes found in multifamily or attached buildings subjected to the horizontal
property system be considered independent freestanding
homes, and as a result tourist stays are forbidden in this kind
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The horizontal propertty system simply means any property which has common parts and a 'Community'
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Hi Graham,

My property is a detached stand alone villa do you think I could apply for a licence?
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I'd guess so. But I'm not a lawyer. Best to talk to the legal guys.
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I have emailed a local lawyer but not had a reply yet!

If I get any news I will post.

If anyone else has any advice or experience with obtaining a licence or how they pay their taxes i.e. here or in the UK I would be greatful.
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I recently spoke to an estate agent who suggested that the law had changed last year (as per earlier posts on this thread), and confirmed what Graham suggests above, that only independent villas (ie no apartments and no villas on a community) would be able to get a license. They didn't know how easy this would be in practise,although in principal it should now be possible whereas before they were not issuing licenses at all.
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Thanks Codex...I will post back when I get any further information; its so frustrating nothing is straightforward here!!!
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Keep trying as you should get there in the end

You would have thought Spain would be glad of the tax income rather than having thousands of empty villas but I don't think they run Spain like a business....
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Keep trying as you should get there in the end

You would have thought Spain would be glad of the tax income rather than having thousands of empty villas but I don't think they run Spain like a business....
They are eager to take the taxes but not so keen to issue the licences!
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